John Pretty (Skip) BAILEY

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Service Number:	4240
Enlisted:	22 March 1939
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 8 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Boulder, Western Australia, Australia, 29 March 1912
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	New Norcia St Id 1923, Claremont School 1925, Aquinas College, Western Australia 1926 - 1930
Occupation:	Clerk (General)
Died:	Prisoner of War - Executed by the Japanese, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 25 November 1943, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Plot H, Row C, Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "BELOVED FATHER OF JILLIAN, ANTHONY AND JACQULINE OF PERTH,W.A...R.I.P.".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

22 Mar 1939:	Enlisted Warrant Officer, 4240, Pearce Aerodrome, Western Australia
22 Mar 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 4240
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 4240
1 Oct 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, No. 8 Squadron (RAAF)

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Plane was Beaufort A9-244. Probably landed safely on or near New Ireland and were haanded over to the Japanese by island natives.